Receding Airline

Funkfingers

What sort of electronical gubbins lives in a hole like this?

https://i.imgur.com/U688VcX.jpg?1

thecolourbox

Oooh not seen in there before! I imagined it would look like a Tele route under the guard

What were the pickups in the end? I rechecked the website and it just says "Dual Hot-Rail Humbuckers". 

ICBM

I don't know, but you win the best thread title prize .

Funkfingers

thecolourbox said:

What were the pickups in the end? I rechecked the website and it just says "Dual Hot-Rail Humbuckers". 

Generic Chinese, both c. 9k Ohms. The only legend engraved on their brass baseplates reads "B" and "L6J-N", respectively.  So, not especially hot and not one rail to be seen.

The way in which the hot conductors had been soldered to the volume pot input terminals made me wonder whether these humbuckers were substitutes. The way that their grounds were soldered to the pot chassises convinced me that everything was original. It would not surprise me if the factory docks the assembler's wages for failing to meet production throughput targets.

thecolourbox said:
not seen in there before! I imagined it would look like a Tele route under the guard

The pickup output cables pass through drilled tunnels into a controls rout that runs most of the length of the pickguard. It is unnecessarily deep and broad - almost enough to accommodate a Fernandes Sustainer PCB.  

ICBM said:

I don't know

You surprise me, sir.